As
this will be the 20th conference, we’d like to reflect on the way that
Access has grown and developed along with our libraries over the past
two decades. What have we learned on this long strange trip? What were
our triumphs? How have our failures made us wiser? Where will we go
next?We’re looking for proposals that consider:

our present context,
and the challenges facing our user communities in digital preservation,
in data archiving, in alternative publishing models, and in large scale
search and discovery and more.

the future context.
How can we engage with trends like big data, linked data, open access,
and interoperable cloud-based services? How can we build agile
organizations that can respond quickly to emerging needs?

the community context,
the potential for new partnerships in digital humanities, in
evidence-based practice, in web metadata, in maker/hacker spaces, in
online cultural spaces. How can we reach out into non-traditional areas?

our administrative context:
the rise of interdisciplinarity and internationalization within our
universities; new vendor business models; legislative reform around
copyright, privacy, and access to information. How can we help to shape
our context? How shall we advocate?

This
year we want to take advantage of the flexibility of single track
conference planning by letting you propose your preferred session length
and format. Let us know if you want to do a traditional session, a
quick demo, audience participation, storytelling, Pecha Kucha,
lightening talks, a panel of experts or something completely different.
Be creative. We’ll accept proposals in any format. You choose a length
from 5 minutes to 45 minutes. Sessions over 15 minutes will be selected
via peer-review.Please submit proposals to accesslibcon@gmail.com by May 15, 2013.